By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) – Investment management firm AQR’s Absolute Return Strategy in 2022 saw its best year since its inception since 1998, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The $100 billion firm AQR reaped top performances from several of its strategies, taking advantage of strong trends across futures and markets…
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Star stock picker Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold 403,990 shares of embattled crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp on Thursday as shares in the firm plunged more than 40%, according to disclosures by Ark Invest. The selling nearly liquidated the firm’s share holdings and came from the $645 million…
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank AG appointed Michael Heaney, a retired Morgan Stanley executive, as chairman of its U.S. arm, the German bank said on Thursday. Heaney had a three-decade career at Morgan Stanley, ultimately rising to become its global co-head of fixed income sales and trading while serving on its management committee. The executive…
(Reuters) – Kenneth Griffin’s Citadel marked record revenues in its hedge fund and electronic-trading businesses for 2022 despite turmoil in global capital markets, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The hedge fund operation made about $28 billion in revenue, while Citadel Securities, one of the world’s biggest electronic-trading firms, brought in $7.5…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Heavy falls in stock and bond markets over the last year have cut the combined value of the world’s sovereign wealth and public pension funds for the first time ever – and to the tune of $2.2 trillion, an annual study of the sector has estimated. The report on…
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bruised investors are hoping a so-called Santa Claus rally can soften the pain of a tough year in U.S. stocks and potentially brighten the outlook for 2023. Without a doubt, the market could use some holiday cheer. In December – typically a strong month for equities – the…
By Lananh Nguyen, Saeed Azhar and Lawrence White NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Bankers in New York and London are bracing for year-end bonuses that recruiters estimate are 30% to 50% lower, while some may receive none at all as dealmaking sputters and economic gloom sets takes hold. Financiers face disappointment when their compensation awards land…
By Andres Gonzalez and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) – Private equity funds are rethinking how they pull off large deals after a 40.4% contraction in global buyout activity amid a shortage of debt financing caused by rising interest rates and banks’ reluctance to open their money taps. Blackstone’s acquisition of Emerson’s Climate Technologies business…
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – With three days to go before Christmas, retailers across the United States and Europe face a turbulent end to a drawn-out, mostly disappointing holiday shopping season. Friday, Dec. 23, is slated to be the second-busiest U.S. shopping day of this year behind Black Friday, according to data firm…
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Private equity holdings are being sold at a record clip in an opaque secondary market, investors say, as asset managers cash out to cover losses elsewhere and rebalance portfolios. The wave of selling is the latest of several signs of stress in private markets and is another signal of…